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Gaddafi's body was displayed alongside that of his son Mutassim, who was killed by Misratan fighters after his capture in Sirte on 20 October 2011. The younger Gaddafi's body was removed from the refrigerator for burial at the same time as his father's, on 24 October 2011. [39]
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi [pron 1] (c. 1942 – 20 October 2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his assassination by the rebel forces of the National Liberation Army in 2011.
In the ensuing clashes with police six people died [8] and three were injured. [10] In Al-Quba, more than 400 protesters over a wide range of ages set fire to the police station. [8] Protests were also reported in Derna and Zintan, though there were no injuries. [10]
Within weeks, violence broke out in clashes between police and protesters. [1] [2] In February, the National Transitional Council (NTC) was formed in an effort to consolidate efforts for change in the rule of Libya. [3] Gaddafi forces lost control of several cities in eastern Libya, [3] and a number of officials resigned or defected from his ...
An engineer who was arrested in early April, died a few days later as a result of torture. His body delivered to family in sealed box. Abdul Jalil al-'Arif, April 1980, Rome. A successful business man who was a victim of Gaddafi's campaign of "physical liquidation" of opponents abroad. Naji bu Hawiya Khlyif, April 1982. A student who was ...
[38] [39] Gaddafi became a bogeyman for Western governments, [2] who presented him as the "vicious dictator of an oppressed people". [9] For these critics, Gaddafi was "despotic, cruel, arrogant, vain and stupid," [40] with Pargeter noting that "for many years, he came to be personified in the international media as a kind of super villain." [41]
Correa demanded that the UN investigate Gaddafi's death as well as the death of Mutassim Gaddafi and the earlier deaths of Saif al-Arab Gaddafi and two of Gaddafi's grandchildren in Tripoli. [76] Uruguay – President Jose Mujica said that Gaddafi's death "seems that nation have no right to self-determination." [77]
The Battle of Tripoli (Arabic: ﻣﻌﺮﻛﺔ ﻃﺮﺍﺑﻠﺲ maʻarakat Ṭarābulis), sometimes referred to as the Fall of Tripoli (Arabic: سقوط طرابلس suqūt Ṭarābulis), was a military confrontation in Tripoli, Libya, between loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi, the longtime leader of Libya, and the National Transitional Council, which was attempting to overthrow Gaddafi and take ...